. The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada . Rus-sia, Sweden, Denmark, Holland and Belgium, spending about fivemonths on this continuous tour. Along the way she utilized allthe time at her disposal in observing the internal management ofpublic institutions. Miss Dix had but a limited command of con-versational French, but through that medium of communicationand her native English, she made her way in and about these dif-ferent countries, each having its special language, making herwishes sufficiently comprehensible for her purpose, clearly appre-hending the import o
. The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada . Rus-sia, Sweden, Denmark, Holland and Belgium, spending about fivemonths on this continuous tour. Along the way she utilized allthe time at her disposal in observing the internal management ofpublic institutions. Miss Dix had but a limited command of con-versational French, but through that medium of communicationand her native English, she made her way in and about these dif-ferent countries, each having its special language, making herwishes sufficiently comprehensible for her purpose, clearly appre-hending the import of all she observed, and invariably successfulwherever she sought admission. In most places her fame hadpreceded her, so that her name was an open sesame to institu-tions in all enlightened lands. Applications, where necessary, forgovernment passes were honored readily and not infrequentlysuch favors were voluntarily proffered. A month before shereached Austria her entree to all institutions of the empire hadbeen courteously tendered. 1 Hamlins Letter, Tiffany, p. H z O OS omaj H DOROTHEA LYNDE DIX AND HER WORK 12g With or without official credentials, Miss Dix explored a suf-ficient number of European institutions to satisfy her immediatesense of duty, and decided to return to America early in Septem-ber. She had been a voluntary exile for two years. When leavingher native land she was so exhausted in body and so downcast inspirit that prospects for future usefulness seemed dim and remote;yet in these two years she had established the most brilliant recordof a brilliant career. She had to her credit, not only numberlessdeeds of mercy on a large scale in behalf of the helpless insane,but the fact that in the course of her labors she had prevailed witha leading imperial government and the worlds most eminentreligious potentate. When back in the United States she found her peculiar giftsand phenomenal executive ability in greater demand than everbefore. Requests for her espe
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